Clock and coin-freed winding apparatus.



A. G. P. WIINGAARD. GLOOK AND COIN BREED WINDING APPARATUS. APPLIOATIONFILED r313. 14, 1908.

91 2,220. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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UNTTYED STATE PATENT @FFTQE.

AAGE GEORG PETER WIINGAARD, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

CLOCK AND COIN-FREEZE WINDING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Arlen Gnone PETER lVIINGAARD, citizen of the Kingdomof Denmark, and a resident of Copenhagen, Denmark, Rlimersgade3,engineer, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating toClocks and Coin-Freed Winding Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to clock provided with an automatic winding-upmechanism, that is to say a clock provided with an automatic lockingdevice wor ing upon that part of the clock which serves to wind it up,arranged in such a iann r that the clock cannot be wound up until thislocking device is released by the introduction of a coin of a particularsize into a coin chute which is connected with the locking device and isadapted to deliver the coin into a till or coin receiver arranged underthe clock.

The invention is designed to provide mechanism in combination with aclock adapted to collect definite sum of money a certain times, forinstance, the premiums on an insurance policy payable in daily or weeklyrates, savings be. deposits, and the like, thus doing away nrth the costof collecting these payments, which is often out of all proportion withthe amount collected.

The said invention com arises clock ar ranged on an automatic winding-upsysten'i in such manner that the times for winding up and amount of thecoin which must be introduced into the coin chute in order to releasethe winding-up device, corresponds with the amount of the insurancepremiums. This clock and coin freed apparatus is particularly useful inthe homes of policy holders for collecting the premiums paid for popularinsurance. The tills or coin receivers of the clock need only be emptiedonce during a month, quarter of a year, half a year, or a year, so thatthe greater part of the amount paid, for instance for a weeklycollection of the premiums may be saved.

The automatic locking device placed in the clock may of course bearranged in various'manners, but always in such a manner that anywinding up of the clock results in the held coin dropping into the tillof the apparatus.

Figure l is a diagrammatic side view of the improvement and, Fig. 2 is atop plan View.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 14, 1908.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 415,795.

a is the shaft upon which the key or the like necessary for winding upthe clock is or may be arranged in such a manner that the clock is woundup upon turning the shaft. On the shaft a is fixed a wing wheel I) 00-operating with a swinging stop cl suspended at 0. i l hen in the normalposition, the arm 6 of the stop (Z overhangs the said wing wheel Z),preventing the shaft a from being turned and accordingly the clock frombeing wound up until the stop has been moved to a position on one sidewhich will allow the wing wheel to clear said step.

The lower end of the stop is provided with a heel f projecting into thecoin chute g which registers at its upper end with a slit h formed inthe cover plate iof the clock case. From the lower end j of said chutethe coins introduced through the coin slit pass into a locked till notshown arranged in the bottom of the clock case. Under normalcircumstances a coin, when introduced into the coin chute g, passes downthrough the chute and presses the heel f aside and falls into the till.After the passage of the coin the step d returns again to its normalposition.

Tn order to allow of the clock being wound up it is necessary that thestop (Z during the operation is held in such a position that it does notprevent the movement of the wing wheel I). For this purpose thefollowing device is arranged. A rod is capable of being movedperpendicularly up or down through the cover plate is pivotallyconnected at its arm Z with a two armed lever m which turns round thepin a. The lower end of the said rod 70 is in the form of an arm 0 bentoutwards and arranged in front of a pin or stop 7) on the said stop (Z.When the rod is is placed in its normal position said arm 0 allows thestop to be moved aside sufliciently to allow a coin introduced into thechute g to have an uninterrupted passage into the till. The said rod isis kept in normal position, that is to say, the upper position shown inthe drawing, by means of a handle 1" and a spring 8, the latter beingarranged between the cover plate 2' and a pin on the rod 70. On turningthe handle 1 out of engagement with the plate 2' the spring 8 pressesthe rod 70 downwards, and the distance between the pin 79 and the arm 0,is thus so much diminished that the step d cannot be moved asidesuficiently for its heel f to open the lower end of the coin chute butenough to move its arm 6 to a position which will allow the wing wheel7) to'move freely. The coin introduced into the coin chute will accordingly by passing down said chute and bearing against the said heel 7cause the stop to occupy the position last described, and cause it toremain in this position thus allowing the shaft (6 to he turned and theclock to be wound up. When the rod it is moved to its normal position byturning the handle 7 the stop (Z is cleared and may turn to a positionin which its heel leases the coin which drops into the till, upon whichthe stop re-occnpies its normal position in engagement with the wingwheel.

In order to prevent wing wheel being released by tilting the clock andthus being wound up w: hout introducing a coin, the following device isarranged. On that side of the wing wheel which is opposite to the stop(Z, a pawl 11 is arranged pivoted upon a pin a. If the clock is tilted.and the wing wheel 6 is released by the stop (Z, the pawl o will engageunder the wing whee thus preventing its rotation. At the sam time as therod is is pressed down by th spring 8, it turns the lever 72, the treeour of which is provided with an arm a3. Thi. arm is caused to touch thebalance wheel 0" the clockwork or some other .vheels of th clock, thusstopping the escapement of th clock while it being wound up andpreventing further movement until the arm is removed by moving the rodis back to its normal position.

As above mentioned the drawing only illustrates the inventiondiagrammatically and the parts illustrated may of con se be variedwithout abandoning the principle upon which the invention is based.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with the winding mechanism of a clock, of a wingwheel thereon, a coin chute, a stop mounted for swinging movement andnormally engaged w1th the wlng wheel, to prevent the windlng of 1 theclock, an arm provided with a heel normally projecting into the coinchute to pre- J go of a coin, said arm and stop being ri idly connected,a rod provided with handle for manipulating the same, a spring actingnormally to move said arm down- Lly, and a stop on the arm for engagingthe rod, to limit the swinging movement of the arm when the rod is moveddownwardly.

2. The combination with the winding mechanism of a clock, of a wingwheel thereon, a coin chute, a stop mounted for swinging movement andnormally engaged with the wing wheel, to prevent the winding of theclock, an arm provided with a heel normally projecting into the coinchute to preventthe nassage coin, said arm and stop being rigi lycom'iected, a rod provided with a handle for manipiiilating the same, aspring actii'ig normally to move said arm downwardly, a stop on the armfor engaging the rod, to limit the swinging movement of the arm when therod is moved downwardly and a swinging pawl in position to engage thewii 1 wheel when the clock is tilted to release the stop. 7

The combination with the winding mechanism of a clock, of a wing wheelthere on, a coin chute, a stop mounted for swinging movement andnormally engaged with the wing wheel, to prevent the winding of theclock, an are provided with a heel normally projecting .ito the coinchute to prevent the passage of a coin, said arm and stop being rigidlyconnected, a rod provided with a l. nidle for manipulating the same, aspring acting normally to move said arm downwardly, and a pivotallymounted lever having one end in position for engagement by the rod, theother being adapted to engage the balance wheel for the purpose setforth.

Signed by me at Copenhagen, Denmark, this 28th day of January 1908.

AAGE GEURG PETER WHNGAARD.

ll itnesses CHARLES HUDE, TISTRAN Wonsmo.

